The men's track and field team opened up the 2012 indoor season with a bang on Saturday at the Run for the Dream meet in Fresno as four event wins and two meet records were posted by the Bruins. Sophomore All-American Alec Faldermeyer and senior multi-event athlete Trent Perez each posted wins and meet record performances to lead the men.

Faldermeyer, a two-time All-American last season (indoor-weight/outdoor-hammer) opened up his sophomore campaign with a big throw of 67-6.25 in the weight throw. That mark set a new meet record. His mark currently ranks sixth in the NCAA this season and is the top throw by a sophomore.

Perez won the pole vault with a meet record and lifetime-best jump of 15-10. Teammate David Thomas also broke the meet record with an equal jump of 15-10, but finished second based on misses.

Perez also competed in the 55m hurdles (9th, 8.49), was 12th in the 55m (6.97) and fourth in the high jump (6-2). Thomas was eighth in the 55m hurdles (8.35) and 11th in the 55m (6.96). Two other multi-eventers were competing in several events - Marcus Nilsson and Dominic Giovannoni. Nilsson was fifth in the pole vault with a lifetime-best mark of 14-8, finished seventh in the 55m hurdles (8.33) and was 15th in the 55m (7.19). He also placed fifth in the high jump (5-10). Giovannoni was the top finisher in both the 55m hurdles (7.91) and 55m (6.84) and also finished sixth in the pole vault (14-8).

Freshman Drew Huusfeldt posted a win in the high jump as he cleared 6-2.

Sophomore Philip MacQuitty led the way in the mile as he won with a time of 4:20.77. The Bruins took the top six places in the race with Alec Govi finishing second (4:21.62), Jacob Wood placing third (4:22.68), David McDonald finishing fourth (4:23.47), Tommy Williams placing 5th (4:23.78) and Zack Torres finishing sixth (4:25.72).